Different but not Broken: Roads to Recovery for Veterans Who Have Served in the Canadian Armed Forces
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Abstract
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are at much higher risk of being exposed to traumatic events in comparison to the general population. This reality also makes them more susceptible to developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Currently it is the medical framework of PTSD that is privileged in diagnosing and treating trauma lived by those who have served in the CAF. Like most medical models, this framework for analysis does not include the historical, social and cultural dimensions that play a role in how mental health problems are experienced by people from diverse backgrounds. This dissertation aims to provide an understanding of the recovery pathways of veterans based on their subjective experiences. As part of the discipline of social work, this study aims to help broaden the understanding of PTSD beyond the medical model in order to intervene by recognizing the unique paths within the military culture. To achieve this, four podcast interviews where veterans recount their experiences in the CAF as well as their paths to recovery from PTSD were analysed. An inductive approach was used based on the interpretive medical anthropological framework of signs / meanings / actions (Corin and Bibeau, 1995) as well as the concept of the military habitus - inspired by Bourdieu's habitus theory. The results of this study shed light on the place of formal support services in the non-linear, diverse and complex pathways to recovery. This research documents the importance of recognizing personal strategies and the necessary, sometimes long period of time it takes to heal. Finally, it encourages a personalized, respectful approach based on trusting that individuals have the capacity to decide what is good for themselves and to take action. It highlights that intervention is an accompaniment in the personal journeys of individuals, which requires an openness to alternative approaches to treating PTSD in the lives of veterans. Keywords: PTSD, Canadian military, help-seeking behaviour, recovery, social intervention, military habitus, signs-meanings-actions Les membres des forces armées Canadian (FAC) courent un risque beaucoup plus élevé d'être exposés à des événements traumatiques que la population en général. Cette réalité fait en sorte qu'ils sont également plus susceptibles de développer un trouble de stress post-traumatique (TSPT). Aujourd’hui, c’est le cadre médical du TSPT qui est le plus couramment utilisé pour diagnostiquer et soigner les traumatismes vécus par les militaires. Comme la plupart des modèles médicaux, ce cadre d’analyse n’inclut pas les dimensions historiques, sociales et culturelles qui interviennent dans la façon dont les problèmes de santé mentale sont vécus par les personnes au sein de différents groupes. Ce mémoire a comme objectif de proposer une compréhension des parcours de rétablissement des anciens combattants en se basant sur leurs expériences subjectives. S’inscrivant dans la discipline du travail social, cette étude souhaite contribuer à élargir la compréhension du TSPT au-delà du modèle médical en vue d’intervenir en reconnaissant les parcours singuliers au sein de l’armée et la culture militaire. Pour y arriver, quatre entrevues de podcast où des vétérans racontent leur expérience au sein des FAC et entourant leur rétablissement du TSPT ont été analysées. Une approche inductive a été utilisée en prenant appui sur le cadre interprétatif de l’anthropologie médicale signe/sens/action (Corin et Bibeau, 1995) et le concept d’habitus militaire – inspiré de théorie de l'habitus de Bourdieu. Les résultats de cette étude éclairent la place que prend le recours aux services de soutien formels dans les parcours non linéaires, diversifiés et complexes du rétablissement. La recherche documente l'importance de reconnaître les stratégies personnelles et le temps nécessaire, parfois long, que prend la guérison. Finalement, elle encourage une approche personnalisée, respectueuse et basée sur la confiance que chacun.e possède les capacités de décider ce qui est bon pour elle/lui et d’agir. L’intervention devient ici un accompagnement dans le parcours personnel ouvert aux approches alternatives de traitement du TSPT dans la vie des anciens combattants. Mots-clés : TSPT, militaire canadien, aide formelle, rétablissement, travail social, habitus militaire, signes-sens-action.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it